Traditional spices and delicacies based on her
grandmother’s recipes are being popularized by Shelley Subawalla
Kainaz Dotivala Shroff
It all started one hot day in May, three years ago. Delhiite Shelley Subawalla (née Daroga), a mother of two and a brilliant cook, egged on by her friends and family, finally decided to go commercial. Armed with valuable lessons learnt from her beloved maternal grandmother Zarin Gimi, Subawalla decided to follow her dream.
She made a few packets of masalas that she regularly used in her own cooking and put the word out that she was taking orders. She made a simple start with Parsi dhana jeeru (coriander and cumin seeds), Parsi sambhar and curry masala … everything was made to order. Her......